saveliberty Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 The New York Times: For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside Marriage Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times Amber Strader, of Lorain, Ohio, described her pregnancies as largely unplanned, a byproduct of relationships lacking commitment. More Photos » By JASON DePARLE and SABRINA TAVERNISE Published: February 17, 2012 LORAIN, Ohio — It used to be called illegitimacy. Now it is the new normal. After steadily rising for five decades, the share of children born to unmarried women has crossed a threshold: more than half of births to American women under 30 occur outside marriage. Multimedia Slide Show And Baby Makes Two Related Young Mothers Describe Marriage’s Fading Allure (February 18, 2012) Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @NYTNational for breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors The New York Times More Photos » Once largely limited to poor women and minorities, motherhood without marriage has settled deeply into middle America. The fastest growth in the last two decades has occurred among white women in their 20s who have some college education but no four-year degree, according to Child Trends, a Washington research group that analyzed government data. Among mothers of all ages, a majority — 59 percent in 2009 — are married when they have children. But the surge of births outside marriage among younger women — nearly two-thirds of children in the United States are born to mothers under 30 — is both a symbol of the transforming family and a hint of coming generational change. One group still largely resists the trend: college graduates, who overwhelmingly marry before having children. That is turning family structure into a new class divide, with the economic and social rewards of marriage increasingly reserved for people with the most education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 H/T Deacon's Bench Read the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 @saveliberty CGP: (2/17/12) “For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside Marriage” (NYT) In case you are wondering, having children outside of marriage is a good thing because....? Well actually they don't say why, because to say why would require something I like to call Thinking. Oh I almost forgot Government should give us birth control. If you find this confusing...GOOD. It means you can actually think and reason. Just don't do it in public...there are laws against that sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 This should not come as any kind of surprise give we live in a culture where sexual abstinence (or any kind of abstinence) is considered strange or weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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